Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
From subsistence to petty capitalist landlords: A study of low-income landlords in South Africa's freehold tenure settlements
There has been a general agreement among low- income housing analysts of developing countries that in order for the governments to improve low- income householders access to shelter, they should refrain from providing housing. Instead, the role of government should be to facilitate the provision of land, securing tenure, providing infrastructure, all of which are necessary to support the initiatives of low - income householders in pursuance of homeownership. However, this shift in the role of government and in the meaning of housing policy has been the subject of much controversy. Some have argued that these "non conventional housing policies" have led to higher costs of production for the poor, forcing these householders to become tenants. Others have associated the cost of production with the rise in different forms of low- income landlords. This thesis is a contribution to the study of low- income landlords. It unveils some of the shortcomings of low- income housing literature on landownership. Implicit in these studies, is the assertion that the promotion of secured tenure, tenure legalisation and freehold landrights in low- income settlements promote the ownership of land by low- income householders. However, they do not explore in any systematic way if the benefits of landownership can affect levels of investment in rental housing. This thesis investigates the impact of promoting landownership by granting freehold land tenure. Using three freehold tenure settlements in South Africa, as case studies, it demonstrates the links between the promotion of landownership, the rise in informal land relationships and the development of three forms of landlords. On the question of landownership, the principal hypothesis advanced by the research is that various forms of state intervention in land, transform non capitalist forms of access to land and contribute towards multiple-plot investments. Regarding the development of forms of landlordism, it is argued that when the government intervenes in land markets to ...
From subsistence to petty capitalist landlords: A study of low-income landlords in South Africa's freehold tenure settlements
There has been a general agreement among low- income housing analysts of developing countries that in order for the governments to improve low- income householders access to shelter, they should refrain from providing housing. Instead, the role of government should be to facilitate the provision of land, securing tenure, providing infrastructure, all of which are necessary to support the initiatives of low - income householders in pursuance of homeownership. However, this shift in the role of government and in the meaning of housing policy has been the subject of much controversy. Some have argued that these "non conventional housing policies" have led to higher costs of production for the poor, forcing these householders to become tenants. Others have associated the cost of production with the rise in different forms of low- income landlords. This thesis is a contribution to the study of low- income landlords. It unveils some of the shortcomings of low- income housing literature on landownership. Implicit in these studies, is the assertion that the promotion of secured tenure, tenure legalisation and freehold landrights in low- income settlements promote the ownership of land by low- income householders. However, they do not explore in any systematic way if the benefits of landownership can affect levels of investment in rental housing. This thesis investigates the impact of promoting landownership by granting freehold land tenure. Using three freehold tenure settlements in South Africa, as case studies, it demonstrates the links between the promotion of landownership, the rise in informal land relationships and the development of three forms of landlords. On the question of landownership, the principal hypothesis advanced by the research is that various forms of state intervention in land, transform non capitalist forms of access to land and contribute towards multiple-plot investments. Regarding the development of forms of landlordism, it is argued that when the government intervenes in land markets to ...
From subsistence to petty capitalist landlords: A study of low-income landlords in South Africa's freehold tenure settlements
Radebe, Lynette Dudu (Autor:in)
01.01.2000
Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
710
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